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Oct 10, 2025
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ANT 259 - Anthropology of Middle East
Description
How do we understand the Middle East beyond the politics of oil and war? This class is designed to introduce students to the cultural production of the region between North Africa and West Asia, between the Atlantic and Central Asia, commonly known as the Middle East. The course begins with the study of colonial approaches to the region and ends with a consideration of recent work that defines the Middle East anew by emphasizing the religious, commercial, and political networks that have historically connected urban and rural locations in regionally definitive way. By moving between primary source documents and scholarly analysis in class discussions and written course assignments, students will learn to be ethnographers and thereby sharpen their own critical interpretive abilities. At the end of the course, students will have foundational knowledge of the Middle East as both a geographic and ideological location.
Prerequisite
ANT 100
Credits: 1
Course Attribute(s):
SOCS Gen Ed: Social Science Req
WRLD Gen Ed: World Perspectives Req
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